Description |
xiii, 301 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Into the Heart of Toxic America. -- ̀̀The Whole Neighborhood Was Stunned''. -- Poisonous Doubts. -- The Mothers' Crusade. -- ̀̀Who Do You Wave Your Sword At?''. -- A Chemistry Lesson for Yellow Creek, Kentucky. -- Sally Teets and the Small-Town Toxic Rebels. -- ̀̀It's Like a Murder Mystery: We've Eliminated the Butler--But Who Did It?''. -- The Struggle for Certainty: Science Runs Up Against Its Limits in Toxic Towns. -- Love's Uncertain Chemistry: The Tragedy and Romance of Environmental Illness in the West Texas Desert. -- ̀̀Around Here, You're Either on One Side or the Other!''. -- Who Do You Trust?: The Riddles of Environmental Racism in Emelle, Alabama. -- ̀̀Tonight Feels Something Like the Fall of Saigon''. -- The Virtues of Messy Democracy and Uncertain Science. -- Notes. -- National Organizations. -- Selected Bibliography. -- Index |
Analysis |
Environmental health North America |
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Pollution Social aspects North America |
Notes |
Includes index |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [291]-296) and index |
Subject |
Environmental health -- North America.
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Pollution -- Social aspects -- North America.
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Environmental Pollution -- adverse effects.
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Environmental Health.
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Social Conditions.
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SUBJECT |
North America. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D009656 |
Author |
Shavelson, Lonny.
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LC no. |
93008010 |
ISBN |
0471575453 (acid-free paper) |
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